Vada Rae Cross
Vada Rae Cross, 85, of Siloam Springs, Ark., died Sept. 16,
2022, at Siloam Springs Regional Hospital.
She was born Jan. 27, 1937, in Flint, Okla., to Thomas Kirkland Park and Vergie Lee Mason Park.
She worked several jobs through her life including Allen’s Canning, Cobb Hatchery, a cook at the Wagon Wheel Café in West Siloam Springs with her sister Leota and retiring from the U.S. Post Office as a rural route carrier after 14 years.
She enjoyed oil painting, reading western novels and dancing – a pastime she continued well into her 60s. In recent years, she missed going to church and connecting with her friends at Siloam Springs Bible Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Dana Ann Cross; a twin sister, Veda Sappington; two sisters, Wanda Keating and Leota Kendrick; and one brother, Duane Park.
She is survived by four sons, Dallas Cross of Highfill, Ark., Travis Cross of Colcord, Okla., Waco Cross of Denver, Colo., and Cody Cross of Stilwell, Okla.; two daughters, Donna Smith of Grove, Okla., and Toni Shelley of Watts, Okla.; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, at BackstromPyeatte Funeral Home in Siloam Springs.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, at Johnson Cemetery in West Siloam Springs, Okla., with Pastor Bruce Boehmer officiating the service.
Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Siloam Springs is in charge of the arrangements.
An online guestbook is available at www.Backstrom-pyeatte.com.